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The Methodists of the 19th century continued the interest in Christian holiness that had been started by their founder, John Wesley.

They continued to publish Wesley's works and tracts, including his famous A Plain Account of Christian Perfection.

From 1788 to 1808, the entire text of A Plain Account was placed in the Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and numerous persons in early American Methodism professed the experience of entire sanctification, including Bishop Francis Asbury.